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In this week’s That Thing You Missed NBA players read mean Tweets about themselves, get behind the scenes info from the infamous ‘Malice at the Palace’ brawl, Ochocinco’s butt slap lands him in the slammer and you’ll read probably the least intelligent and most dangerous statement a married athlete can make.

Wedding Dumb Bells?

This week the Boston Bruins’ Shawn Thornton told a reporter he puts his two Stanley Cup Wins on the list of all-time greatest days of his life. Missing from that list? The day he married his wife.

Now, I often say NHL players are the toughest athletes in professional sports. I never say they are the brightest.

Fans and professional sports figures can often have contentious relationships. So it was only natural that Jimmy Kimmel produced an NBA version of his feature Mean Tweets where celebs read nasty tweets about themselves sent in by fans.

My life will never be quite the same.

Witnessing the moment Rajon Rodon realizes he DOES look exactly like Franklin the Turtle on Nick Jr. is priceless.

On the other hand, the Tweet Bob Costas reads is not even close to the meanest Tweet someone could write. I’ve just written like ten in my head right now and those are just the ones about how short he is.

Chad Johnson aka Chad Ochocinco was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating probation in a domestic violence case where he allegedly head butted his then-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada.

A plea deal had been reached so Johnson could avoid jail time. Well, that was until he slapped his attorney on the butt during the courtroom proceeding.

If you watch the video you’ll see the bailiff obviously found it hysterical. The judge, however, did not. She rejected the agreed upon plea deal, sentencing Johnson instead to 30 days in jail.

How lucky is Casey Anthony that she didn’t draw that judge?

Some folks think the judge was too harsh. I, however, think Johnson slapping his attorney in the courtroom is akin to Lindsay Lohan snorting a line of cocaine off her lawyer’s stomach during one of her judicial proceedings.

I want to hear from you! Got a fun story sports fans may have missed? Or an obscure, silly and perhaps gossipy tale we didn’t cover? E-mail Tara Lipinsky at tara.lipinsky@cbs.com or send me a Tweet @TaraLipinsky.